8 Kitchen Gadget Fails & How to Prevent Them

8 Kitchen Gadget Fails & How to Prevent Them

The sky won’t fall if you use a salad spinner to drain pasta (although we don’t recommend it). But not all kitchen gadgets are exchangeable. Make the wrong swap, and you could end up with a heap of mangled onion, wondering, What was I thinking? Don’t beat yourself up–just use the proper tool.

1. Scooping spaghetti with a spatula

Fess up–we’ve all tried this, and it didn’t end well. Make friends with a spaghetti server.